Re: EFF MATH!!

Re: EFF MATH!!

math didnt really get hard till i had to learn lagrange multipliers THOSE WERE TOUGH! I remember my asshole professor gave us this really hard question on a midterm and then just said "Well I kinda knew no one was going to get it right i just wanted to see how you guys would approach a problem like this"

Re: EFF MATH!!

Re: EFF MATH!!

Originally Posted by sbessiso

The worst fucking subject of all time. My absolute enemy since grade school, and the main obstacle between me and a degree. I cannot think of many things I hate more than math. I'm not even in college math and im drowning (along with the rest of the class). I dont care about exponents, fractions/decimals, division, etc. I simply could not care less. It will never ever apply in my life and I wish I didnt have to take it

This isn't meant to piss off the elite, trust me.

I always used to believe that, regardless of it's difficulty. I've always asked myself "why am I learning this, i'll never do this after school", but then I finally realized why exactly you learn it.

Learning advanced math (math beyond early years of high school imho) isn't supposed to really teach you directly what it does. For instance, you're right; you'll probably never have to find the derivative of a complex function in real life (key word being probably). But that isn't what you're supposed to get out of it. I think it's supposed to indirectly teach you problem solving skills that you can apply elsewhere. Those tough classes and painful formulas all teach you how to solve complex problems. That is what you're supposed to get out of it, methinks.

I may be wrong, but it's just my take on it. I'm not a big fan of math, but can sorta understand why we learn it.

Re: EFF MATH!!

I always used to believe that, regardless of it's difficulty. I've always asked myself "why am I learning this, i'll never do this after school", but then I finally realized why exactly you learn it.

Learning advanced math (math beyond early years of high school imho) isn't supposed to really teach you directly what it does. For instance, you're right; you'll probably never have to find the derivative of a complex function in real life (key word being probably). But that isn't what you're supposed to get out of it. I think it's supposed to indirectly teach you problem solving skills that you can apply elsewhere. Those tough classes and painful formulas all teach you how to solve complex problems. That is what you're supposed to get out of it, methinks.

I may be wrong, but it's just my take on it. I'm not a big fan of math, but can sorta understand why we learn it.

This is so true. Ive taken trig, stats, and now im in calculus. I probably won't use a large majority of what I learn, but I still enjoy math becuase of the way it teaches you to solve problems.

Re: EFF MATH!!

Originally Posted by betao

Learning advanced math (math beyond early years of high school imho) isn't supposed to really teach you directly what it does. For instance, you're right; you'll probably never have to find the derivative of a complex function in real life (key word being probably). But that isn't what you're supposed to get out of it. I think it's supposed to indirectly teach you problem solving skills that you can apply elsewhere. Those tough classes and painful formulas all teach you how to solve complex problems. That is what you're supposed to get out of it, methinks.

spot on. it's an exercise. most of what you do at the gym you never need to do in real life either.

Re: EFF MATH!!

Math is beauty. Math is purity. Math is not subject to interpretation; it is not a social construct; it just is. The rules of mathematics are the same regardless of where you are or what culture you're from or how you write it down. It's one of the core elements of being.